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Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

Built to give thanks for the passing of a plague epidemic, this cathedral is a one-of-a-kind architectural hybrid.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.

Local folklore claims that this wall was not built for defense, but to provide labor during a time of famine.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.